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Virus Name: Jacareacanga

Abbreviation: JACV

Status
Possible Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Isufficient experience with virus; i.e., experience factor from SALS surveys was less than 500 in laboratory facilities with low biocontainment.

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Antigenic Group
Corriparta

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	Country and region


Jacareacanga virus was not isolated from blood or viscera of the following animals captured in this area in 1975: 176 rodents, 63 marsupials, 3 primates, 5 reptiles, 1 ungulate, 1 carnivore and 530 wild birds.

Culex (Melanoconion) sp.	1/14,110	Km. 212, Itaitube-Jacareacanga road, Para, Brazil
Other Culicidae	0/1,748
Phlebotomine flies	0/3

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